See generalize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"sense": "to speak in generalities, or in vague terms",
"word": "籠統而談 /笼统而谈"
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"sense": "to speak in generalities, or in vague terms",
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"sense": "to speak in generalities, or in vague terms",
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"sense": "to speak in generalities, or in vague terms",
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"sense": "to speak in generalities, or in vague terms",
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"sense": "to speak in generalities, or in vague terms",
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"sense": "to speak in generalities, or in vague terms",
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"sense": "to speak in generalities, or in vague terms",
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"sense": "to speak in generalities, or in vague terms",
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"sense": "to speak in generalities, or in vague terms",
"word": "generalizar"
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"sense": "to speak in generalities, or in vague terms",
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"sense": "to speak in generalities, or in vague terms",
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"sense": "to speak in generalities, or in vague terms",
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"sense": "to speak in generalities, or in vague terms",
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"sense": "to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles",
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"roman": "pǔbiànhuà",
"sense": "to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles",
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"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "guīnà",
"sense": "to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles",
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"sense": "to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles",
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"sense": "to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles",
"word": "generalisere"
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"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles",
"word": "ĝeneraligi"
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles",
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"sense": "to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles",
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"sense": "to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles",
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"sense": "to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles",
"word": "განზოგადება"
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles",
"word": "generalisieren"
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles",
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"sense": "to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles",
"word": "व्यापक करना"
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"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles",
"word": "generalizzare"
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"sense": "to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles",
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"sense": "to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles",
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"sense": "to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles",
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"word": "обобща́ть"
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"sense": "to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles",
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"sense": "to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles",
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"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles",
"word": "generalisera"
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "razprostranjavam",
"sense": "to spread throughout the body and become systemic",
"word": "разпространявам"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "quánshēn kuòsàn",
"sense": "to spread throughout the body and become systemic",
"word": "全身擴散 /全身扩散"
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to spread throughout the body and become systemic",
"word": "ĝeneraliĝi"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to spread throughout the body and become systemic",
"word": "levitä"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to spread throughout the body and become systemic",
"word": "généraliser"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to spread throughout the body and become systemic",
"word": "sich ausbreiten"
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"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "šíri",
"sense": "to spread throughout the body and become systemic",
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"word": "ши́ри"
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"sense": "to spread throughout the body and become systemic",
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"word": "про́шири"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to spread throughout the body and become systemic",
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